TROON, Scotland -- With his ball buried and up against the face of a pot bunker, Colin Montgomerie feared the worst after just two shots at the British Open.Montgomerie was given the honor of hitting the first tee shot Thursday at Royal Troon, his home club, in what likely will be his last Open. It was a proud moment for the 53-year-old Scotsman but things soon were looking bleak after his 6:35 a.m. start.His second shot landed in what he described as a horrendous position and he couldnt get the ball out of the bunker. The third shot looped up and rolled back into his footprint -- and my footprint is deeper than most, Montgomerie said, jokingly -- so he had to hit the ball out sideways with his fourth shot. An up-and-down later, Monty was walking off with a double-bogey 6 from possibly the easiest hole at Troon.No wonder Montgomerie was happy to finish with an even-par 71.Top 10 in the world would have taken 71 there, Montgomerie said. Im very proud of myself for hanging on in there. It would have been easy to score 78 there, simple.Montgomerie was 3 under for the front nine and 3 over for the back nine. He said that would be par scoring in a gorgeous opening day in western Scotland.This course hasnt shown any teeth today. This is a 3-out-of-10 job, he said. Tomorrow, we are talking 7 or 8-out-of-10.Montgomerie, a Ryder Cup-winning player and captain and widely regarded as one of the best players never to win a major, was up at 4 a.m. and said there were nerves stepping onto the first tee that he knows so well.Id be inhuman if there wasnt, he said. But I sort of dug deep into the Ryder Cup ways. Id led off the tee twice in the singles, led off the tee three or four times in the fourball and foursomes. So it was that type of feeling.Yet after his first-hole problems, five birdies in the following eight holes saw him make the turn in 33 and, for a few minutes, he was top of the leaderboard.He dropped three shots on an inward nine playing into the wind, and needed a 40-foot par save on No. 13 and one from 20 feet at No. 18 to prevent giving away more shots.Montgomerie was given a rousing reception by spectators as he approached the 18th green. He wants to feel that again on Sunday.All I was hoping for is to walk on the 18th on Sunday, Montgomerie said. And Im still with that. I havent changed my goal.George Springer Jersey . With the short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Cesar Cedeno Jersey . The 28-year-old from Calgary matched his career best after missing just one shot in his two rounds of shooting in the mens 10-kilometre sprint competition. Smith finished in 23 minutes 15. http://www.customastrosjersey.com/custom-brian-hunter-jersey-large-456y.html . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. Mike Scott Jersey .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Jake Marisnick Jersey . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011.PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas -- Austin Howard threw for four touchdowns and Lenard Tillery rushed for 245 yards on 29 carries as Southern University defeated Prairie View A&M 44-34 on Saturday.Howard threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Herbert Edwards to give the Jaguars a 37-20 lead with 9:49 left in the third quarter. The Jaguars scored on Trey Greens 25-yard pass to Darius Floyd to cut into the lead but Aaron Tiller recovered a Prairie View fumble in the end zone with 3:05 left in the third to give Southern a cushion.ddddddddddddThe Panthers (6-4, 6-2), were knocked out of contention for the Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division title, falling two games back of Southern (7-2, 7-0).Southerns Willie Quinn caught five passes for 114 yards and a score.Darius Ford had 10 catches for 134 yards and a score for the Panthers. ' ' '